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The results are in, and according to Popular
Science magazine, the top 10 "technopolis" cities are as follows. (1)
Minneapolis, MN; (2) Atlanta, GA; (3) Washington, D.C.; (4) Boston,
MA; (5) San Diego, CA; (6) Chicago, IL; (7) Columbus, OH; (8) Raleigh,
NC; (9) Seattle, WA; and (10 Houston, TX; in that order. Popular Science
surveyed academics, scientists, government officials, market researchers,
think-tank intelligentsia, as well as their own staff to make their
determinations. Hard statistical data was obtained from the Census Bureau,
the Department of Transportation, the National Science Foundation, medical
facilities, private foundations, and other such institutions. 127 cities
were rated.

Data points were broken into six main categories.
The first and most heavily weighted factor is termed "connected citizenry,"
and included percentage of households with broadband service, people
with cellphones and what types of services they subscribed to, availability
of Internet hotspots, etc. High tech transportation systems came next
with considerations like modern facilities, equipment, alternative fuel
usage, and success at attracting riders away from single occupancy vehicles.
The number of high tech jobs per capita followed. Use of technology
in education came after that, with points being scored for amount of
money spent on R&D, students using computers in school, and publications.
Smart use of energy included types of electrical production, transmission,
monitoring, and customer education. Finally, use of technology in medicine
considered use of GPS-aided emergency response teams, clinical investigation
of new drugs and techniques, and doctor / nurse / patient communications.

While some cities understandably bubbled to the top in certain categories,
like Boston for Education, Seattle for Connected Citizenry, San Diego
for Medical & Emergency Technology, and San Jose for High Tech Jobs,
Minneapolis emerged as the overall most rounded (although it did not
place first in any category).

In case you are wondering, here
is the entire list:

Rank

City

State

Rank

City

State

1

Minneapolis/St. Paul

MN

51

Syracuse

NY

2

Atlanta

GA

52

Boise City

ID

3

Washington

DC

53

Austin

TX

4

Boston/Cambridge

MA

54

Santa Fe

NM

5

San Diego

CA

55

Detroit

MI

6

Chicago

IL

56

Miami

FL

7

Columbus

OH

57

Hartford

CT

8

Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill

NC

58

Portland

ME

9

Seattle/Bellevue/Everett

WA

59

Pittsburgh

PA

10

Houston

TX

60

Asheville

NC

11

San Francisco

CA

61

West Palm Beach/Boca Raton

FL

12

Burlington

VT

62

New Haven

CT

13

Albuquerque

NM

63

Reno

NV

14

Denver

CO

64

Bellingham

WA

15

Philadelphia

PA

65

Fort Collins

CO

16

Sacramento

CA

66

Oklahoma City

OK

17

San Jose

CA

67

Greensboro/Winston-Salem

NC

18

Oakland

CA

68

Des Moines

IA

19

Rochester

NY

69

Memphis

TN

20

Providence

RI

70

Orange

CA

21

Santa Barbara

CA

71

Birmingham

AL

22

Kansas City

KS/MO

72

Cleveland

OH

23

Salt Lake City

UT

73

Greenville

SC

24

Boulder

CO

74

Lansing

MI

25

Portland

OR

75

Springfield

MO

26

Tucson

AZ

76

Fort Lauderdale

FL

27

Dallas/Ft. Worth

TX

77

Lowell

MA

28

Louisville

KY

78

Las Vegas

NV

29

Los Angeles

CA

79

Cedar Rapids

IA

30

Gainesville

FL

80

Tallahassee

FL

31

Milwaukee

WI

81

El Paso

TX

32

Ann Arbor

MI

82

Fort Myers

FL

33

San Antonio

TX

83

Nashua

NH

34

Tampa/St. Petersburg

FL

84

Colorado Springs

CO

35

St. Louis

MO

85

Fresno

CA

36

Baltimore

MD

86

Danbury

CT

37

Phoenix

AZ

87

Nashville

TN

38

Cincinnati

OH

88

South Bend

IN

39

New York

NY

89

New Orleans

LA

40

Charleston

SC

90

Charlotte

NC

41

Albany

NY

91

Richmond

VA

42

Madison

WI

92

Waco

TX

43

Jacksonville

FL

93

Dayton/Springfield

OH

44

Spokane

WA

94

Harrisburg

PA

45

Omaha

NE

95

Anchorage

AK

46

Indianapolis

IN

96

Peoria

IL

47

Honolulu

HI

97

Melbourne

FL

48

Huntsville

AL

98

Norfolk/Virgina Beach

VA

49

Newark

NJ

99

Wichita

KS

50

Orlando

FL

100

Provo/Orem

UT

101

Toledo

OH

115

Ocala

FL

102

Olympia

WA

116

Newburgh

NY

103

Stamford

CT

117

Lexington

KY

104

Knoxville

TN

118

Mobile

AL

105

Grand Rapids

MI

119

Flint

MI

106

Buffalo

NY

120

Ventura

CA

107

Bridgeport

CT

121

York

PA

108

Tulsa

OK

122

Hackensack

NJ

109

Roanoke

VA

123

Lake Charles

LA

110

Topeka

KS

124

Lancaster

PA

111

Kalamazoo

MI

125

Scranton

PA

112

Spartanburg

SC

126

Clarksville

TN

113

New London

CT

127

Poughkeepsie

NY

114

Pensacola

FL

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